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RV and Motorhome Encampment Report and Photographs re RVs, Motorhomes, and Encampments

San Marcos City Council
July 9, 2024

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RV and Motorhome Encampment Report and Photographs re RVs, Motorhomes, and Encampments
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July 9, 2024
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San Marcos RV and Motorhome Encampment Reports
Jan-May 2024
Date Created Zip Code Description
2024-05-
08T12:43:33 92078
Old motorhome has been parked on the street since Saturday 5/4 along with a greenish 4 door sedan. some questionable activity around the vehicles from time to time.
2024-05-
07T08:47:46 92069
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here has been an RV parked the wrong direction and the person has been living in it overnight, it has a blue tarp roof and trash outside the door and on the street. The occupant of the RV comes and goes from 900 but lives in the RV out on the street. Can you please take care of this for us. 2024-05-
07T08:39:48 92078
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his RV has been here since last Friday. They leave animals out to run around the streets at 4am. As a small business owner in the area it’s insane what we have to deal with, all of the rvs, homeless, and garbage. Nothing is being done to help us. And these people are taking advantage of everyone.

The other morning some stray dog from one of the other RV dwellers ran into my facility. This is a bad look for my clients and bad for my business. 2024-05-
07T08:18:26 92078
Large Brown RV Trailer. Parked in front of Has not moved in over a week. Dog freely runs around neighborhood. During day everything blocks sidewalk.

Cops were there yesterday morning, about 5am. Been well over 72 hours. 2024-05-
02T19:09:52 92069
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here are multiple recreation vehicles parked here. They are obviously being lived out of and have been there for over a week. Aside from this being illegal , they are taking a lot of valuable parking for people going to Mission Sports Park. 2024-05-
01T11:47:09 92078 R
Vs parked on Navajo St straight ahead. They RVs people have tents up and have complaints from customers that they are being yelled at by them. 2024-04-
27T17:40:22 92078
A man has been pulling a non-operating motorhome with a rope or chain moving it from one side of the street to the other for more than seven months. He uses an old white pickup truck with missing license plates to move it. The pickup has white toolboxes and a black metal frame above the toolboxes around the pickup's bed. Multiple large tanks and blue barrels are stored in the back of the pickup/work truck. He usually wears white rubber boots while dumping or spraying in the streets. He lives in the motorhome along with a woman and a cat. I have witnessed him hit the woman, grab her, shove her, and have loud verbally threatening arguments with her. I have reported this situation to the city more than 15 times over the past 2 years. I have also reported some of the more serious issues to the police. He is a dangerous menace to the area, a threat to the decent people in the community, harmful to wildlife, and he washes all kinds of unknown substances down the storm drains. On more than 30 separate occasions I witnessed him empty his waste products onto the street and use a power sprayer to wash it down the drains. I have reported this activity to code enforcement as well.
2024-04-
27T14:57:02 92078
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ew Saturday encampment @ Creek Street RV Curb Estates. which likely means there extra curb space available on the adjacent streets in and around the Pacific Street Camper World.
2024-04-
23T08:16:44 92078
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ULTIPLE vehicles/trailers with homeless people
living in them. do not feel it’s safe being next to public park with so many children. 2024-04-
17T08:20:37 92078
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hite Bus w/ two men living inside, and a dog. Not an RV but looks like an old shuttle bus, mainly glass windows and door. Dog off leash running around. We own a gym, MVMNT Collective, at this location and the RV's, homeless people, loose dogs are effecting our business. 5am today the dog was loose running after our members, had to wake up men in the van to get their dog. Unacceptable. 2024-04-
15T18:47:39 92078
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he dwelling rv followed its front somewhat better half into the neighborhood. All these RV recycle curbs of San Marcos on a rotating a BiWeekly, BiMonthly, and move only when faced with physical written parking notices. 72 hours is not 1176+/- on average dwelling before moving around the corner for another 1176 hours.
1 San Marcos RV and Motorhome Emcampment Reports
Jan-May 2024
2024-04-
15T18:14:38 92078
New RV estate DWELLER on the block. Previously, from around the corner, now making the move after the very recent free curb rental expired at a adjacent dwellers resort curb estate of San Marcos. This unique estate comes with it's double length but up buddy RV for extended curb length real estate.
2024-04-
11T20:46:10 92078
There is a 20’ camper (not attached to a truck) that has been parked on the street for the last several weeks and someone has been living in it. it is getting power from the house it is parked In front of (there is an electrical cord taped down on the sidewalk). they refuse to move it and it is making it difficult and dangerous to pull out of the driveway (that’s not theirs). 2024-04-
04T08:57:49 92078
Can you need to be explain to me the reason why we allow up to 10 RVs to park for weeks on end at Pacific Street. With the recent incident about peeping in the ladies bathroom at a public park where girls play softball all nights of the week how are we allowing homeless to hang out around at this park. This is a huge safety issue with the homeless people doing drugs around the park and creating safety hazards. These people should be forced to move their RVs and not be allowed to live on the street there. I am concerned for my granddaughter safety at this point. No parent or grandparent should be worried to leave their child at practice in fear that some thing is going to happen because you guys have failed to get all these homeless people off the street who live in their RVs.2024 03
29T13:29:34 92069 RV had been parked there all week and someone lives in it walks her dogs and stays in it. 2024-03-
21T15:57:21 92078
There is an RV that has been parked on Navajo street that has been parked there for over a week now. They leave a dog tied up outside during the day on the sidewalk next to their RV and leave things from their RV outside on the sidewalk. It is a more industrial area here but as a female business owner close by I do not feel safe with this rv around. They are parked on Navajo street near Cherokee. 2024-03-
21T15:54:57 92078 Brown RV has been parked for over a week. During the day there are chairs and junk across the sidewalk and a dog outside RV. Constant barking. 2024-03-
20T10:11:25 92078
The concern revolves around a field adjacent to our property, where several RVs have been parked for an extended period. Despite our previous communications, the presence of these RVs has resulted in a number of significant problems: Excessive Trash: The area around the RVs has become a dumping ground for excess trash. This has not only diminished the aesthetic appeal of the neighborhood but also poses potential health and environmental hazards. Unauthorized Water Usage: We have observed that the individuals occupying these RVs are using water from our property without permission. This not only raises concerns about water conservation but also impacts our utility bills. 2024-03-
08T11:24:43 92078
Report of stormwater and trash concerns after recent RV traffic in the area. There are reports of potential human waste (urine) in bottles, trash in gutter (water currently running) and several glass bottles and a sheet of glass left behind. 2024-03-
05T11:09:42 92069
2 large RV's and 1 Toyota Prius have been parked outside of our business for several days. We noticed that the razor wire fence was cut & pushed down beside one of the RV's and it looks as if our property has been accessed. We have made several attempts (including today) to ask them to move but the vehicles are not occupied during daylight hours (or they are just not answering our knocks). 2024-02-
17T09:01:02 92078 Multiple RV campers; the problem is getting worse. It’s now on all of the surrounding streets. 2024-02-
15T12:49:52 92078
Recently relocated Rv camping, glamping, curb dwelling of Creek Street Rv CoA. Formerly of the Pawnee RV Estates prior to the late nite, early mornings of 2/15/24. While the biz communities sleep, the constant shuffle of Curb dwellers jockey for curb homesteds in and around the Grand & S.Pacific cross streets.
2 San Marcos RV and Motorhome Emcampment Reports
Jan-May 2024
2024-02-
14T11:37:11 92078 This RV camping, curb dwellers of the Creek Street RV neighborhood. 2024-02-
14T11:27:26 92078 Camping, glamping, RV estates @LaMirada LindaVista Square. No parking Tow Away. 2024-02-
12T15:34:55 92069
This vehicle has been parked in the same spot for weeks. People come and go during all hours. It appears someone, possibly a female, is living in it.

Property is starting to accumulate around the motor home and beginning to block the sidewalk. 2024-02-
11T13:20:00 92078 Here this RV setup has been for three weeks now. Parked, camping, living, etc. Most importantly in a city of SM posted no parking overnight zone. 2024-02-
11T13:11:56 92078
Looks like free RV parking and camping, more like RV living in SM Biz districts. You have to wonder where they dump there limited waste containment systems.
2024-02-
11T13:08:31 92078 Camping, glambing, curb dwelling. one the city of SM finest. What customer would visit your biz with this directly across the street. 2024-02-
11T13:06:55 92069 RV has been parked and "camped" in the same spot for at least the last two weeks. 2024-02-
10T17:41:41 92078
This very unique RV SM curb camper had taken up residential SM curb space in the LaMirada-Linda Vista Square. with recent SM city postings, many RV prime curb spots are becoming hard to come by. In the dark late hours it is frenzy of jockeying RV for prime real estate. 2024-02-
10T14:40:20 92078 SM RV street estates, camping, glamping, curb dwelling. 2024-02-
08T19:22:02 92078
This unique 35' Rv estate complete with auto for local commuting includes 40 feet of prime sidewalk and curb space. currently this homestead has been setup for several weeks complete with safety cones for an official look and feel setup. can also be assumed it has a unique waste reclamation system completely plumbed into the neighborhood storm drains. setback pull out the mobile awning setup the recliners and enjoy the whispering sounds of the ocean water pumping station.
2024-02-
08T13:27:24 92078 Glamping,camping,curb dwelling. this unique Rv estate has been here for several weeks. 2024-02-
08T13:15:06 92078
RV estate model home, glamping, camping, curb dwelling with trailer electric generator hook ups. no noticeable sewage reclamation systems. most likely the city storm drains.
2024-02-
08T12:30:37 92078 Extended stay SM curb dwelling, glamping, sidewalk living, RV estates neighborhoods. 2024-02-
08T12:26:55 92078 Rv, glamping, camping, curb dwellers
2024-02-
08T12:22:41 92078 Glamping, camping, curb dwelling RV
2024-02-
06T08:06:55 92069 RV is parked with people living in the RV for over a week. 2024-02-
05T15:59:53 92078 Camping, glamping, curb dwelling
2024-02-
05T15:57:22 92078 Glamping, camping, curb dwelling
3 San Marcos RV and Motorhome Emcampment Reports
Jan-May 2024
2024-02-
05T15:40:19 92069
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his Occupied RV has been parked on WindyWay for several weeks. The occupant of this RV blocks the sidewalk with his shopping cart and bikes.

Also, appears to be storing human waste in 5 gallon paint buckets outside the RV. 2024-02-
05T07:34:33 92069
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’s ridiculous to drive by and see a broken down rv parked with people living in, when we pay to live here. These people move their rv every couple of days but that’s not the issue. The issue is you cannot park your rv and live in it in a residential area like that. They now have brought shopping carts from the grocery store which I know for a fact is illegal to steal a grocery cart and it’s destroying our beautiful residential neighborhood where again we pay to own homes in and taxes. I also am concerned they are dumping their (waste) onto the street from the rv and now that’s a health safety issue. 2024-02-
02T17:07:08 92069
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here is an RV with people living it, that was down the street alittle bit 7 days again. They moved up the street about 500ft. about 5 days ago, and have been parked there for over 72 hours.I do see the hood opened to the RV, suggesting it may be disable. They appear to be living in the RV, possibly creating a future issue.
2024-01-
31T11:57:49 92078
The concern revolves around a field adjacent to our property, where several RVs have been parked for an extended period. Despite our previous communications, the presence of these RVs has resulted in a number of significant problems:

Excessive Trash: The area around the RVs has become a dumping ground for excess trash. This has not only diminished the aesthetic appeal of the neighborhood but also poses potential health and environmental hazards.

Unauthorized Water Usage: We have observed that the individuals occupying these RVs are using water from our property without permission. This not only raises concerns about water conservation but also impacts our utility bills.

Given the aforementioned issues, we kindly request your immediate attention and intervention to resolve the situation. We understand that your office has competing priorities, but the continued presence of the RVs and the associated problems are adversely affecting the residents in the vicinity. 2024-01-
31T09:33:37 92078
This motorhome and SUV are both owned by the same party, who appears to be living in the motorhome. He only moves the vehicles a few feet every few days, and the parking on Creek St is heavily impacted already by the construction crews working on the building site at the west end of Creek.

There is no parking for our employees, contractors, or customers. In addition, when I leave the building alone at the end of the day and have to walk past this to get to my car, I feel it is an unsafe environment. Please have the owner cited and the vehicle moved. 2024-01-
31T08:45:43 92078 Illiagal campers living in tent. Posted "No Trespassing" signs all over this area. 2024-01-
30T13:24:22 92078
Motor Homes are permanently parked on Cherokee and Navajo taking up street parking. Many of the motor homes have people living in them and they are leaving trash on the sidewalk and landscaping in the area. 2024-01-
29T06:38:59 92069
People are living in a camper parked on Windy Way. The Tioga Camper has not been moved for the last 14 days and people are living in camper, and placing their personal belongings in and around the camper. These are homeless individuals who have decided to park and reside there. If they are living there this means they are not either dumping their waste in the sewers or going behind homes. 2024-01-
27T11:26:59 92078 Another repeating RV camping. Neverending rotation. 2024-01-
26T11:06:55 92078 RV camp setup.
2024-01-
25T13:07:44 92069 Motor home parked on street for more than 3 days. it appears someone may be living in the vehicle. Bicycle attached is impeding the public sidewalk. 4 San Marcos RV and Motorhome Emcampment Reports
Jan-May 2024
2024-01-
21T14:53:08 92078 Continuing RV living, camping, repairs, and servicing on public sidewalk and street. Pet cat left in Rv for extended periods unattended and no fresh air. 2024-01-
19T14:07:44 92069 Camping on street for a week !
2024-01-
19T08:20:46 92078 Hello, camping trailer. They have all their personal belongings laid out everywhere like they intend to stay for a while. 2024-01-
18T22:11:57 92078 Camping, RV unlicensed, Running repairs biz on the curb. Setup here on Saturday 01/20/2024. 2024-01-
16T13:42:25 92078
This is now the third or fourth complaint we sent in regards to RVs lining the street and causing issues for our tenants at the property nearby.

For the safety of our tenants please have these vans move to an area that is better suited for their needs. 2024-01-
15T10:20:36 92078
We have a few RVs that have been parked 24/7 in front of our business for months now. There's constantly trash around the area. Today there's was an incident, an argument of some sort and the sherif's department was called. 2024-01-
11T14:45:01 92078 Need help moving the homeless RVs on S Pacific. They stole our storm water prevention materials and put them around their RV last night. 2024-01-
11T11:15:45 92078
We have three parties setup in front of our business camping. Two of the units have been here for about 2 weeks. The parties appear to know each other. There are one and sometimes two large dogs roaming between the campers off leash, sometimes in the middle of the street. One guy is operating power tools in front of his camper. They have traffic cones setup around their campers, sand bag/straw wattles setup. 2024-01-
10T12:30:53 92078
Homeless are camping in motorhomes on the S. Pacific in front of the building we are building on S. Pacific. We are investing several million dollars to build a building in the City of San Marcos with the hopes of attracting new businesses. Having homeless camp on the street is not good for the City or us.
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D 3185742 January 2023
Restaurant Row (W San Marcos Blvd & S Las Posas)

ID 3362832 April 2023
Mission Rd & Pico Ave

3368526 April 2023
Cherokee St & Pawnee St

ID 3438328 May 2023
Mission Ave under CA78 underpass

ID 3452018 June 2023
S Santa Fe Ave & Smilax Rd

ID 3459391 #1 June 2023
S Santa Fe Ave & Smilax Rd

ID 3459391 #2 June 2023
S Sante Fe Ave & Smilax Rd

ID 3471118 June 2023
Mission Ave under CA78 underpass

ID 3634134 August 2023
S Santa Fe Ave & Smilax Rd

ID 3644400 August 2023
Woodland Pkwy & Rancheros Dr

ID 38225971 #1 October 2023
Valpreda Rd & Terrace Ln

ID 3825971 #2 October 2023
Valpreda Rd & Terrace Ln

ID 3909572 December 2023
E Barham Dr & Shelley Dr

ID 3939128 December 2023
Woodland Pkwy & Rancheros Dr

ID 3939128 #2 December 2023
Woodland Pkwy & Rancheros Dr

ID 3957338 January 2024
Santa Barbara Dr & Jewel Rd

ID 3972425 January 2024
S Pacific St & Grand Ave

ID 3975860 January 2024
S Pacific St & Grand Ave

ID 3981384 January 2024
Richmar Ave & Firebird Ln

ID 4019074 January 2024
E Barham Dr & La Moree Rd

ID 4027133 February 2024
Woodland Pkwy & W El Norte Pkwy

ID 4039707 February 2024
Pawnee St & Creek St

ID 4046737 February 2024
W Borden Rd & N Twin Oaks Valley Rd

ID 4109294 March 2024
Woodland Pkwy & W El Norte Pkwy

ID 4109294 #2 March 2024
Woodland Pkwy & W El Norte Pkwy

ID 4103581 #1 March 2024
S Pacific St & Grand Ave

ID 4103581 #1 March 2024
S Pafic St & Grand Ave

ID 4181375 April 2024
S Pacific St & Seminole St

ID 4255529 #1 May 2024
N Las Posas Rd & Avenida Azul

ID 4255529 #2 May 2024
N Las Posas Rd & Avenida Azul

ID 4255529 #3 May 2024
N Las Posas Rd & Avenida Azul

ID 4318588 #1 June 2024
E Barham Dr & S Twin Oaks Valley Rd

ID 4318588 #2 June 2024
E Barham Dr & S Twin Oaks Valley Rd

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April 27, 2024
Near 1531 Navajo St

April 27, 2024
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RV Parked on S. Pacific St. Discharging onto Street

RV Parked on S. Pacific St. Discharging onto Street

RV Parked on S. Pacific St. Discharging onto Street

RV Parked on S. Pacific St. Discharging onto Street

RV Parked on S. Pacific St. Discharging onto Street

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